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Which means that if the season ended today, the White Sox would go straight to the best-of-five division series, even though they have the fourth-best record in the league.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

And its defense team, anchored by the First Amendment firm Ballard Spahr, has used that obligation to go straight at the people closest to Trump on Jan. 6.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

"We are expected to just to carry on," he says, describing the instinct to go "straight back to work and school".

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Some activists remain positive that more staffers at shelters will improve conditions, but others argue the money should go straight to the animals through food, enrichment and supplies instead of wages.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

They must go straight to bed, with no playing, laughing, or even talking.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder




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